[這把吉他我請師傅把她弄回1965的線路﹐拿掉 Booster﹐改回65年的古典音色﹐現在彈起來悅耳多了﹐已經有人出高幾百元買這把琴﹐我還在考慮中﹐告訴他讓我玩玩她幾個月再說﹐如果日久生情就不賣了]
看到芝加哥郊區附近有人在賣一把拼湊的吉他﹐是他1970買來改裝復原的。是1965年的琴身重新塗裝﹐1965年的拾音器﹐1972年的琴頸拼湊的琴。因為塗裝成暗色﹐他把拾音器蓋子換成黑色﹐不過原裝蓋子還留著﹐琴橋也是。音色和彈奏應該還是 65 / 72 Strat 的味道。
他想換 Les Paul 的吉他。正好我有一把 Les Paul Standard Plus 一直想賣, 就和他聯絡。這個人是郊區蠻有名的吉他手叫特德金 (Tadd King)﹐在芝加哥的風味節慶 (Taste of Chicago)表演過。我向我的吉他師傅瑞克打聽﹐知道這個人很實在﹐而且那把琴在80年代瑞克幫他整修的﹐他說和他換絕對划算。有瑞克的背書我就放心交易了﹐就帶琴去找特德金。他住的地方離芝加哥市區很遠﹐不過正好和老頭沖浪隊的主奏 Walt 同地區﹐我星期三就一起拜訪。
特德試了我的琴﹐很喜歡。不過說還有兩個人也會帶不同的 Les Pauls 去考慮換﹐他再回我話。昨天特德決定換我的琴﹐我們約在大家半路的瑞克店見面。換完瑞克告訴我你撿到便宜了﹐玩膩後把吉他拆開賣零件都可賺不少錢。 昨天去 eBay 看﹐1965年的拾音器有人已經標超過$1000美金。1965年的琴身重新塗裝﹐1965年的拾音器﹐1972年的琴頸, 和其他零件琴橋和搖手應該可以賣超過美金$2500。1965年完全原裝狀況好的 Stratocaster 在市場叫價美金$12000 以上。
琴身上有一個蛇頭的圖案看來很酷﹐但是沙漠嫂很不喜歡。
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[Tadd King 真有禮貌﹐星期五買了當晚後就拿去 Sandwich, IL 表演﹐星期六發郵件給我說昨晚用她表演﹐音色棒透了﹐他的團友稱讚不已﹐我很高興我的 Les Paul Standard plus 找對主人了]。
"Vince:
Played the LP all night last night at my gig. Wow, it really sounded great and played nice too. I got a lot of complements on the overall tone.
Stay in touch.
Tadd"
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Dear Vincent
回覆刪除I am amazed by your experiences in guitar collection. I was following your blog ananymously for a while.
I studied and worked in Pittsburgh, PA for 9 years, and move back to Taiwan in 2001. I am teaching in a university. I started to learn guitar 2 years ago and loved it. I have 2 electric guitars (one squier, one fender highway one), one acoustic guitar, and one 5-strings bass.
I have a question for you: I like Gibson Les Paul very much. Since I am just a starter, I have not been able to appreciate the tone of a real Gibson, but I found Gibson craftsmanship is superier to Epiphone (during my visit to Guitar Center in San Diego this spring). My question is : should I buy a US$500 Epiphone and play around, or I should save the money to get a Gibson. If Gibson is the choice, should I get a Studio, or save more money for a Les Paul Standard or higher? Money is not the problem, the problem is that I am still a starter and my beloved wife thinks it could be a waste of money to get a real real Gibson (although she also thinks Gibson Les Paul is pretty).
Can you give me some advice? thank you very much
Eason
ps. I am visiting Chicago for a business meeting in early Sep. I am not sure if it is a lot trouble to visit Naperville Guitar to see your friend/store manager. The venue is around Lombard (IL 60148-5096) area. I can ask the sponsor to drive me around. thanks again
Thanks for your posting.
回覆刪除The best way to decide is to play both Epiphones and Les Pauls youself and decide. If you are a young player with a limited budgt , I would say a Epiphone is good enough. If you can afford, I would suggest getting US made Les Pauls. Personally, I like Les Paul Standard. But tone and playability are the main things.
I will be happy to meet with you at Naperville Guitar in early September. I will be out of town after 9/10. Any weekdays day or evening is fine with me. Naperville Music closes on Friday and Sunday and I have band practice every Saturday from 11:00Am to 4:00PM. Not sure they are open on Labor Day (9/6). Try to avoid those dates.
Mike is a very good friend and he will give you an excellent deal if you decide to buy one. I would suggest to consider US made guitars, I heard they are more expensive in Taiwan.
Have a safe trip.
Best,
Vincent
BTW, There will be a folk guitar festival in Geneva from 9/4 - 9/6. The festival is organized by my friend Jueld. I will be there probably on Sunday. Geneva is only 30 minuites from Lombard. See my other artical about this event.
Vincent
回覆刪除I played both Gibson and Epiphone at Guitar Center in San Diego. Tonewise I have no much different feels, maybe, because of the noise environment. However, I found American craftmanship is excellent compared to the Epiphone. I would go for the Gibson just because of that!
Can you send me an email? I think I might be able to meet with you and Mike at Naperville Music on 9/2 (Thu) evening. I wish to discuss the details with you and Mike. Thanks
eason
Sure, Eason. E-mail sent. I deleted and reposted your reply as I don't want to publicize your e-mail address.
Mike will have 20+ LP for you to try.
See you,
Vincent